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Andre Thornton
Andre Thornton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 13, 1949 in Tuskegee, AL
High School: Phoenixville (Phoenixville, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 28, 1973
Final Game: August 31, 1987
Relatives: Brother-In-Law of Pat Kelly
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1973 23 CHC NL 17 42 35 3 7 3 0 0 2 0 0 7 9 .200 .333 .286 .619 69 10 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1974 24 CHC NL 107 357 303 41 79 16 4 10 46 2 1 48 50 .261 .368 .439 .807 123 133 6 4 1 1 4 3/5
1975 25 CHC NL 120 473 372 70 109 21 4 18 60 3 2 88 63 .293 .428 .516 .944 158 192 6 4 3 6 12 *3/5
1976 26 TOT NL 96 326 268 28 52 11 2 11 38 4 1 48 46 .194 .323 .373 .696 93 100 1 5 1 4 1 39
1976 26 CHC NL 27 108 85 8 17 6 0 2 14 2 0 20 14 .200 .361 .341 .702 95 29 0 2 0 1 1 3
1976 26 MON NL 69 218 183 20 35 5 2 9 24 2 1 28 32 .191 .304 .388 .692 92 71 1 3 1 3 0 39
1977 27 CLE AL 131 517 433 77 114 20 5 28 70 3 4 70 82 .263 .378 .527 .904 149 228 9 11 1 2 1 *3/D
1978 28 CLE AL 145 617 508 97 133 22 4 33 105 4 7 93 72 .262 .377 .516 .893 151 262 17 6 2 8 4 *3 MVP-20
1979 29 CLE AL 143 617 515 89 120 31 1 26 93 5 4 90 93 .233 .347 .449 .796 113 231 8 4 1 7 2 *3D
1981 31 CLE AL 69 256 226 22 54 12 0 6 30 3 1 23 37 .239 .303 .372 .675 94 84 15 0 2 5 1 D3
1982 32 CLE AL 161 708 589 90 161 26 1 32 116 6 7 109 81 .273 .386 .484 .870 137 285 21 2 3 5 18 *D/3 AS,MVP-23
1983 33 CLE AL 141 605 508 78 143 27 1 17 77 4 2 87 72 .281 .383 .439 .822 123 223 10 2 0 8 14 *D3
1984 34 CLE AL 155 689 587 91 159 26 0 33 99 6 5 91 79 .271 .366 .484 .850 132 284 9 2 0 9 11 *D3 AS,MVP-19,SS
1985 35 CLE AL 124 514 461 49 109 13 0 22 88 3 2 47 75 .236 .304 .408 .711 94 188 14 0 0 6 1 *D
1986 36 CLE AL 120 475 401 49 92 14 0 17 66 4 1 65 67 .229 .333 .392 .724 99 157 11 1 0 8 0 *D
1987 37 CLE AL 36 97 85 8 10 2 0 0 5 1 0 10 25 .118 .206 .141 .347 -5 12 1 0 0 2 0 D
14 Seasons 1565 6293 5291 792 1342 244 22 253 895 48 37 876 851 .254 .360 .452 .811 122 2389 129 41 14 71 69
162 Game Avg. 162 651 548 82 139 25 2 26 93 5 4 91 88 .254 .360 .452 .811 122 247 13 4 1 7 7
CLE (10 yrs) 1225 5095 4313 650 1095 193 12 214 749 39 33 685 683 .254 .355 .453 .809 121 1954 115 28 9 60 52
CHC (4 yrs) 271 980 795 122 212 46 8 30 122 7 3 163 136 .267 .394 .458 .852 134 364 13 10 4 8 17
MON (1 yr) 69 218 183 20 35 5 2 9 24 2 1 28 32 .191 .304 .388 .692 92 71 1 3 1 3 0
AL (10 yrs) 1225 5095 4313 650 1095 193 12 214 749 39 33 685 683 .254 .355 .453 .809 121 1954 115 28 9 60 52
NL (4 yrs) 340 1198 978 142 247 51 10 39 146 9 4 191 168 .253 .378 .445 .823 126 435 14 13 5 11 17

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1973 CHC NL 23 1B 9 8 72.0 92 81 10 1 3 .989 1.6 26.7 1.6 0.9 0.8 0 11.38 10.11 .992 9.82 8.40
1974 CHC NL 24 1B 90 76 706.0 837 760 70 7 61 .992 0.9 1.5 0.9 4.4 -3.6 0 10.58 9.22 .991 9.94 8.34
1974 CHC NL 24 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.60
1975 CHC NL 25 1B 113 107 955.2 1072 982 77 13 88 .988 -9.9 -12.4 -9.9 -2.8 -7.0 0 9.97 9.37 .990 9.42 8.52
1975 CHC NL 25 3B 2 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 100.0 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 3.00 1.00 .950 3.00 2.60
1976 TOT NL 26 1B 68 60 532.0 578 528 45 5 60 .991 -2.2 -5.0 -2.2 -0.3 -1.9 0 9.69 8.43 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 CHC NL 26 1B 25 22 203.0 224 202 19 3 17 .987 -2.1 -12.4 -2.1 -1.7 -0.4 0 9.80 8.84 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 26 1B 43 38 329.0 354 326 26 2 43 .994 -0.1 -0.4 -0.1 1.4 -1.5 0 9.63 8.19 .991 9.95 8.61
1976 MON NL 26 OF 11 9 82.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.64 1.36 .981 2.34 2.03
1976 MON NL 26 RF 11 9 82.1 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.53 1.27 .973 2.15 1.83
1977 CLE AL 27 1B 117 114 1021.2 1103 1026 71 6 97 .995 2.0 2.3 2.0 -0.7 2.7 0 9.66 9.38 .990 8.81 8.55
1977 CLE AL 27 DH 9
1978 CLE AL 28 1B 145 144 1248.1 1440 1327 106 7 106 .995 3.7 3.6 4.7 2.6 2.0 -1 10.33 9.88 .992 7.21 6.90 MVP-20
1979 CLE AL 29 1B 130 130 1147.1 1178 1089 82 7 100 .994 1.0 1.0 2.0 -2.6 4.6 -1 9.19 9.01 .992 7.84 7.69
1979 CLE AL 29 DH 13
1981 CLE AL 31 DH 53
1981 CLE AL 31 1B 11 8 84.0 73 67 5 1 7 .986 -1.8 -25.7 -1.8 -2.6 0.8 0 7.71 6.55 .993 10.06 8.57
1982 CLE AL 32 DH 152 AS,MVP-23
1982 CLE AL 32 1B 8 8 80.1 81 76 5 0 5 1.000 -0.6 -9.0 -0.6 -0.1 -0.5 0 9.07 10.13 .991 9.85 8.51 AS,MVP-23
1983 CLE AL 33 DH 114
1983 CLE AL 33 1B 27 26 225.0 224 201 21 2 20 .991 -2.6 -13.9 -2.6 -1.9 -0.8 0 8.88 8.22 .992 9.90 8.24
1984 CLE AL 34 DH 144 AS,MVP-19,SS
1984 CLE AL 34 1B 11 11 96.0 97 86 9 2 11 .979 -1.4 -17.5 -1.4 -1.5 0.1 0 8.91 8.64 .991 9.75 8.25 AS,MVP-19,SS
1985 CLE AL 35 DH 122
1986 CLE AL 36 DH 110
1987 CLE AL 37 DH 21
9 Seasons DH 738
11 Seasons 1B 729 692 6168.1 6775 6223 501 51 558 .992 -9.3 -1.8 -7.3 -4.6 -2.8 -2 9.81 9.22 .991 8.72 8.02
1 Season OF 11 9 82.1 16 14 1 1 0 .938 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.64 1.36 .981 2.34 2.03
1 Season RF 11 9 82.1 15 13 1 1 0 .933 -3.1 -45.2 -2.1 -1.9 -0.2 -1 1.53 1.27 .973 2.15 1.83
2 Seasons 3B 3 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 85.7 0.5 0.0 0.5 0 2.57 0.67 .950 2.96 2.60
14 Seasons TOT 743 701 6257.2 6793 6239 502 52 558 .992 -11.9 -2.3 -8.9 -6.5 -2.5 -1 -2 9.70 9.07 .983 8.63 7.91
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1993 BBWAA ( 0.5%)

All-Star Games
1982 *
1984 *

Awards (yr lg award)
1979 ML Roberto Clemente Award
1982 ML Hutch Award

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1978 AL (20, 3%)
1982 AL (23, 2%)
1984 AL (19, 1%)
0.06 Career Shares (1041st)

Silver Sluggers
1984 AL (DH)

On-Base% s c a p y
1975 NL  .428 (4th)**
1977 AL  .378 (8th)
1978 AL  .377 (9th)
1982 AL  .386 (7th)
1983 AL  .383 (10th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1977 AL  .527 (7th)
1978 AL  .516 (5th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1975 NL  .944 (7th)**
1977 AL  .904 (9th)
1978 AL  .893 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1982 AL  161 (4th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1982 AL  708 (5th)
1984 AL  689 (9th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1978 AL  97 (4th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 AL  28 (10th)
1978 AL  33 (4th)
1982 AL  32 (5th)
1984 AL  33 (3rd)
Career  253 (185th)

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1978 AL  105 (4th)
1982 AL  116 (3rd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  88 (9th)
1978 AL  93 (4th)
1979 AL  90 (5th)
1982 AL  109 (3rd)
1983 AL  87 (4th)
1984 AL  91 (4th)
Career  876 (170th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1977 AL  149 (5th)
1978 AL  151 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1982 AL  109 (10th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1975 NL  35 (3rd)
1978 AL  37 (3rd)
1982 AL  34 (10th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1975 NL  3.5 (3rd)
1978 AL  3.7 (3rd)
1982 AL  3.3 (10th)

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1978 AL  59 (8th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1982 AL  272 (3rd)
1984 AL  252 (7th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1977 AL  .687 (9th)
1978 AL  .677 (10th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1976 NL  5 (9th)
1977 AL  11 (3rd)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (9th)
1983 AL  8 (7th)
1984 AL  9 (6th)
1986 AL  8 (6th)
Career  71 (124th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1975 NL  12 (8th)
1982 AL  18 (1st)
1983 AL  14 (2nd)
1984 AL  11 (5th)
Career  69 (213th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1978 AL  17 (10th)
1981 AL  15 (6th)
1982 AL  21 (6th)

AB per HR s c a p y
1975 NL  20.7 (8th)**
1977 AL  15.5 (2nd)
1978 AL  15.4 (4th)
1982 AL  18.4 (8th)
1984 AL  17.8 (8th)
Career  20.9 (138th)

Salary s c a p y
1985 AL  $1,100,000 (8th)

             
A ** by the stat's value indicates the player had fewer than the required number of at bats or plate appearances for the BA, OBP, SLG or OPS title that year. In order to rank the player, the necessary number of hitless at bats were added to the player's season total. The value printed here is their actual value and not the value used to rank them, therefore some numbers may appear out of order. Requirements to qualify for rate stats.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 46 (532), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 18 (852), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 19 (830), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 6, 1967: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.

June 15, 1972: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Joe Hoerner to the Atlanta Braves for Jim Nash and Gary Neibauer.

May 19, 1973: Traded by the Atlanta Braves to the Chicago Cubs for Joe Pepitone.

May 17, 1976: Traded by the Chicago Cubs to the Montreal Expos for Larry Biittner and Steve Renko.

December 10, 1976: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Cleveland Indians for Jackie Brown.

November 8, 1984: Granted Free Agency.

December 4, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

November 30, 1987: Released by the Cleveland Indians.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Cleveland Indians$1,100,000
1986Cleveland Indians$1,100,000
1987Cleveland Indians$1,100,000
1988Cleveland Indians$1,100,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,400,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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